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The House passed a 2022 spending plan on Wednesday evening, which will fund the federal government through September. The $1.5 trillion-dollar bipartisan appropriations package provides significant funding for University of Wisconsin-Madison initiatives and includes other provisions to boost college affordability and federally funded research. The bill will now be sent to the Senate, where it is expected...

MADISON – The antiviral therapies remdesivir, molnupiravir, and the active ingredient in Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill (nirmatrelvir), remain effective in laboratory tests against the BA.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The BA.2 variant also remains susceptible to at least some of the monoclonal antibodies used to treat COVID-19, such as Evusheld by...

Milwaukee, WI— Today, Sierra Club appealed the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s unlawful approval of We Energy’s proposal for new Liquified Natural Gas storage (LNG) facilities in Ixonia and Bluff Creek.  The Sierra Club appeal challenges the PSC’s failure to adequately consider clean energy and efficiency alternatives such as weatherizing homes and incentivizing industrial users to cut use during...

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of January 2022. The data shows that Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 3.0% in January, down from December 2021's rate of 3.1%. The data also showed that Wisconsin's labor force participation rate in January 2022...

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., (March 9, 2022) — Upon entering the third year of the pandemic, Americans are not only more sensitive to germs in public restrooms, they now hold higher standards for the cleanliness, condition and technology used in these shared spaces, according to the annual Healthy Handwashing Survey™ from Bradley Corporation conducted in January.  Despite ongoing Covid outbreaks, most...

MADISON – A new survey of Wisconsin businesses found that nearly 80 percent of employers support a taxpayer-funded talent attraction campaign amidst the persistent and wide-spread workforce shortage. According to the Wisconsin Employer Survey, 70 percent of Wisconsin businesses cite the labor shortage and lack of qualified applicants as the top public policy issue facing the state.

MILWAUKEE (March 10, 2022) – Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) has  earned its first-ever Airports Council International (ACI) World 2021 Airport Service  Quality (ASQ) Award for its success in delivering an outstanding customer experience.  Airport Service Quality awards showcase the   world’s best airports as voiced by travelers   through...

BELOIT, Wis. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals used for therapeutic applications and medical imaging, and Convergent Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company, today announced the signing of a long-term supply agreement for the therapeutic medical radioisotope, actinium-225 (Ac-225). Under terms of the agreement, NorthStar...

A federal lawmaker from Virginia is leading an effort to prohibit the United States Postal Service from proceeding with a truck contract with Oshkosh Defense unless at least 75 percent of the vehicles are electric or zero-emission.  The legislation, called the Green Postal Service Fleet Act of 2022, is from Democratic U.S. Rep. Gerald...

-- A federal lawmaker from Virginia is leading an effort to prohibit the United States Postal Service from proceeding with a truck contract with Oshkosh Defense unless at least 75 percent of the vehicles are electric or zero-emission.  The legislation, called the Green Postal Service Fleet Act of 2022, is from Democratic U.S. Rep....